[cometgolfer]

Be sure to bring centrifugal force along with your wallet!

Just kidding! I am actually a swinger. I will go as far as to say I even indulge in pure swinging on occassion (I know the exact ball location for my driver!) However, understanding the seperate identities of hitting and swinging has been game altering! I have added dozens of shots to my quiver of tricks.

I succumb to the allure of hitting the closer I get to the hole. Given my recent drooling about push basic putting it is no surprise that I have a soft spot in my heart for the # 1 Acc. Afterall it is # 1! I guess I do not have the intestinal fortitude to hit swinging chips etc. I tend to fight with Captain CF and botch low point. Like many people, abandoned by gypsy parents to be raised by Mongolian sherpas in the footthills of the Himalayas, I have trust issues! So like many people I hit when I feel like hitting and swing when I feel like swinging! With a longer lever in my hand I fall in love with # 2 and his misunderstood partner in sublime crime, # 3. Aren't I special! So consider me an emmissary of peace, sent to bridge the gap between those that trust invisible forces and those that ARE the force!

Okie,

I haven't had the chance to refine my hitting motion, but I will throw a few "hits" in a round as needed. I also tend to "hit" my shorter shots and have "hit" some really good bunker shots from 50 to 150 yards out. I think I get more solid contact out of those "dreaded bunker distances" by not using a lot of pivot motion. Simply a stable lower body, lots of extensor action (with a hovering clubhead so I KNOW I'm not gonna "fat it") a RFT and a "crossline angled hinging thrust" back to the ball.

Don't know that I'll ever move totally to the hitters side of the fence, but I think a deep understanding of how to do it yields great dividends.

CG